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JACOB vBEHEL AND JOHN NELSOIST, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.

' Lena-8 Parent No. 61,988, anni Fea-nary 412, 1807..

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'lO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that we, J'ACoB BEHEL and JOIINNELSO, of the city of Rocl f`ord,iin the county of Winnehago, and State et Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cireular-Saw Gauges; and we. do hereby declare the following tobe a full, true', and exact description tliereoi',.1eference being had to the aeeompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which the like, parts are designated `by the same letters. l

Figure 1 is an isometrical view oi'` the gaugcand table-A, showinggauge. fences B and C, dove-tailed grooved way D, way-bar L, with a scale oi' measurements marked thereon, block E, slide F, hinges G, rod H, nut I, screw J, and saw-port K. Figure 2 is a transverse section through the centre of D, and through all other parts of the gauge and table on that plane. l A

Figure 3 is a horiontal section through the centre of rod II, and through'lall other parts of the gauge on that plane. i

Figure 4 is a perpendicular section through the centre of screw J. Y i Figure 5 is the inside of hinge G, showing the circular raised cups k, and hole g,`through which rod H passes. i

Our invention consists, in the {rst place, in providing the gauge witha bevelling or nngulating attachment,

` and second, in the mode ofadjusting and fastening the gauge to the table.

To enable others to make and use our invention, we will describe itsgsevcrnl partsnand also the manner of uniting them for practical use.

-Let representan ordinary circular-saw table.. Way-bar L` block E, and slide Fush'ould be made o such materializa-nd size as to give them, respectively, the necessary stability and strength. D is a dove-tailedl groove, eut lengthwise in bar L. To this groove the underside oi' slide F is fitted, so that it ivill move backwards and `forwards freely; A measuring scale is marked on' the upper. side of way-bar L. Block E is grooved lengthwise on the under side, and this groove is enlarged in tbe central section, as shown atI, fig. 2. That. part of` slide F above way-bar L is made to fit the groove in block E in vvidtlrbut no t in height, a small space, as shown in fig. 4, being leit between the top of the'slide and the roof` of the groove, the object of which is to enable us "to fasten the gauge, mainly by pressing it down upon the table, by means of screw J, in the following manner: Screw J passes down through` a smooth hole in block E, and enters slide F by means of a threaded hole;` and before the hottom end of this screw reaches the bottom of groove D, collar b comes down upon the top of block E. New, it will he observed that, by continuing to turn screw J down, fence-bloekv E, and consequently fence J3, to which it isattached, will be pressed d own upon the4 table, while slide F will be drawn 'up with'4 a correspending force in to the dove-tailed groove D, thus making the gauge fast. Some'a/dvantagemay be also gained by making the lower edge of fence B slightly concave, so that the bearings will `always be greater at the ends, or at the three points a a a. It is an important feature of our invention thatwe Tasten the gauge by pressing it ,down upon the table, or by pressing the gauge and table together, a principle that is not found in other` gauge fastening. y

Our bevellingor angulating attachment 'consists of hinges G, `made with circular. conical-walled cups at the ends, a pin, o, rising from the bottom of oncof theseI cups, as seen in figs. 3 and 5.f .At both ,ends offence C holes are make tovrecoive pin o, and aroundtrhesc holesn conical grooves are cut to receive the wallsof the cup, as seen in iig. 8. In 'the ends of fence B we 'cut 'conical grooves, to receive the cups on the other end of hinges G, ns als'oseen in g. 3, where'they are applied. It will be. seen that these hingesm-e kept in their pinces by means of rod H passingthrough'both of them, having head Q at. one endend nut I at the other, rod i H passing between B and C. It will be observed that these hinges, thus applied, will allow fence C to have two rotary motions ut`the same time, one around its yown axis', and the 'other around an axis in B, both of which are shownby the dotted and sha-ded lines in fig: -As the. resu'lt of these two motions, C can be set at any A angle desired, und4 its edge rest upon the table, (see fig. 2.). It will be' observed, by reference to g. 3, that the bcllhjl di' `the hinges; is entirely upon the walls of the cups, thus securing the greatest, amount of bearingl surface, and consequently the greatest amount of friction, so that, while they .can easily be made fast by turning omas 2 downnut I, they will moi'e with' freedom when it is slaekened. For convenience, -'or when the nature of the work does Anot require the use of this attachment, it 'is removed by Sln'ckening olf n'nt I until the'hingesare freed from fence B, (they will still keep fast to C by means of pins 0;) turn .the lnut np a. little, to make all secure, and lay aside till wanted. Itwill be seen that our bevelling attachment islalpplicahle tO all gauges, eithei' with or without our method of" adjusting and fastening our gauge to the table, and -tl1n.t"ou`1 -method of adjusting and fastening the gauge to the table 'is npplieable to all gauges, with or without out` bevelling nttachment. But to make a. complete gauge for all pui-poss they should both -be united.

Having thus fully explained the nature `and use of purfinventiom'what we clnines new, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent of the United States of America, is

1. The adjusting of fence' C to any desirod angle by means of two rotary motions,.one axlou'ndran fit-xls in itself, and the other around nn axis in or its equivalent. 2. In combination with the fence B of e. saw mingen` we claim 'the block E, slide F, and eet-screw J, when said slide is grooved to {itvtheinclined faces of -the'grjmluzL-ted way-bar L, and the latter isset into Iand is :Bush Awith the face of `the saw table, the said pufrts being. constructed and arranged' substantially-in the mannepinnd for the purpose set forth. i

l In'testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the 4presencia of. two subscribing witnesses. i

JACOB BEHEL, JOHN NELSON.-

Witnesses C'lws F. MILLER, JOHN M. BUELL. 

